Reaching beyond Boundaries: A Navy SEAL's Guide to Achieving Everything You've Ever Imagined

by Don Mann, Kraig Becker

For the last decade, decorated Navy SEAL, accomplished athlete, and bestselling author Don Mann has been traveling across the country giving motivational talks and in the process inspiring hundreds with the secrets behind his awe-inspiring achievements. In Reaching beyond Boundaries, Mann brings his much sought-after wisdom to the page.



As an elite Navy SEAL, Mann performed seemingly impossible tasks on a regular basis. Here he details the lessons he learned from his training and shows how the rest of us can apply those teachings to our daily lives in terms of learning to push beyond our internal borders and achieve the goals we’ve set for ourselves, both professionally and personally. Reaching beyond Boundaries teaches how to set and conquer both micro- and macro-goals through removing excuses, having the right mindset, and learning from successes and failures.



Making your dreams a reality is possible. With Reaching beyond Boundaries you can begin to realize your fullest potential today.


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Genres: Military Fiction, Nonfiction

274 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 26, 2019

About the author

Don Mann is a decorated combat veteran, motivational keynote speaker, athlete, and author.

Reviews

[Magdalena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall, I really liked the book. It has one strong message - no matter who you are, where you come from, how old you are - you can achieve big things if only you want them bad enough. I liked a variety of examples the author provided and interesting figures he mentioned.

There was probably one thing that I wasn't paricularly keen about. For most of the book I had the feeling the author was saying that we should push ourselves as hard as we can, beyond our limits (he describes how he did Ultra Ironman races, endurance races etc. and that it was never enough and he wanted more and more and would push himself even further). If a reader does not get to the very end of the book where he actually admits that body also needs some rest and everyone needs a bit of time off to regenerate etc., the reader may think that the only right recipe is really to push oneself so hard that you "start bleeding". Only at the very end the author says that his organs started shutting down and he was close to death just because he did not give his body time to rest. To me - it should have been mentioned earlier on in the book and balanced out - as I guess not everyone will get to the end to hear that message.

Overall, a good and motivating book and I will take a lot from it but it needs to be read to the end - to hear that important message about the need for rest and recovery, and time for things other than pushing yourself hard to work / workout etc. to make your dreams come true. There needs to be a balance in everything. Yet, I know what the author wanted to say and the book is constructed in such a way to support the message that "the sky is the limit" and the power to achieve any goals you set for yourself is in you.

[William · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an outstanding book for any young person interested in succeeding life to own, read, and mark up thoroughly. Get a head start on life. It is useful for everyone, regardless of where you are in life or what you do for a living and recreation. Mann puts everything about planning and executing in here. I have to say that most of what he says I either learned from my own military experience, military and civilian education (systems management degree), training and extensive reading of self-help/ survival/ professional development courses. That actually increases the value of Mann's book because he puts it all here and you don't have to search around.

I found the discussion of macro and micro goals enlightening: his resetting the macro as a micro goal in the beginning planning for the next higher level macro goal. The real life stories of people who achieved some of the most unbelievable physical and metal challenges ever, overcoming seemingly impossible obstacles, are inspirational and instructive. One key point Mann mentions is that mental toughness and resilience are more important than the physical element. Having read Grogin's book "Can't Break Me," I learned all about the cost of continually pushing the limits and the resultant breakdown of one's body. Mann calls this crossing the line and provides excellent advice on how not to do that.

Again, I highly recommend you buy and read this book.

[Seth Combs · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good idea, difficult read

I feel like the core theme of the book is good. Really wish there would have been more editing to this book. Too many times, I found myself hopping a chapter would end.

[Len Rodkoff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Learning never to quit

This book is already helping me. I thought I wasn't a doer but what I was, was a quitter. I would very much like to meet the authors

[Sheila McVicar · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book could keep anyone in shape at any age, but it requires a huge amount of effort. You would be very healthy and strong and very probably stay active. An amaing book to read!

[Nate Edge · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

Very interesting in parts, but felt very repetitive. Could’ve been much shorter

[The Nomadic Book Reviewer · Rating 2 out of 5]

** 1/4

[Vicki · Rating 2 out of 5]

There wasn't enough original content and a lot of rehashing of the stories of others. This book could easily have been half its length and it would have contained the same message.